The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIA SENT HOUSE OF LORDS_Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Portmadoc and Beaverpool Bridge Road Bill w as read a second time. The Hayling Bay Company, the Millwall Canal Wharfa and Graving Docks, Durham University, and the Edge ware, Highgate, and London Railway bills were read a third time and passed. KIDNAPPING IN THE UNITED STATES. The Earl of ELLENBOROLGH drew the attention of the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the kid napping of subjects of her Majesty in New York for the purpose of enlisting in the army of the United States. It was a subject of very serious moment, because men were compelled to take up arms in America without the slightest disposition on their part for such a pur pose. The persons kidnapped were mostly sailors, and one case had occurred in which a surgeon sent a sailor on shore to get a bath. He was inveigled to a place where he was drugged, and he was not allowed to come to himself until his ship had sailed, and then he found himself dressed in the United States uniform. He could not suppose her Majesty's Government was ignorant of the proceedings, and he wished to ask what step had been taken to protect her Majesty's subjects from such a monstrous system.' Earl RUSSELL said that the bounty paid by the United States Government for each man enlisted was as much as 600 dollars, and unfortunately this was an induce ment to unprincipled persons to drug or otherwise keep in their possession sailors or other persons until they could get them to enlist, and thus profit by the bounty. He was sorry to say that although Lord Lyons had complained to the American authorities, he had not yet received any satisfac tory statement on the subject. It was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make the strongest remonstrance possible in order to put an end to the disgraceful practice alluded to, REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (IRE-. LAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill was read a second time. UNDER SECRETARIES INDEMNITY BILL. This bill was read a second time. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee and was reported with an amendment. PROMISSORY NOTES AND BILLS OF EX CHANGE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for a copy of any me morial received by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or the Irish Government, framed for the release of Michael Degan, Patrick Degan, and Patrick Egan, three prisoners confined in the county gaol of Westmeath, convicted at the Summer Assizes of 1862 of agrarian offences, or any of them, and of any written communication forwarding the same and recommending their enlargement to the Irish Government. Earl GRA.NVILLE vindicated the conduct of the Irish Govei nment, and contended that the course which had been pursued in this instance was perfectly regular. The remis sion of punishment which had taken place in the case of these three men was with the assent of the judge by whom they had been tried. He had no objection to produce the memorial referred to, but he could not consent to give the other papers asked far, which were of a confidential character. The Earl of DONOLGHMORE censured the Lord Lieutenant for having remitted the punishment of these men without having consulted the magistracy of the county of Westmeath. He wanted to know the grounds on which the Viceroy had acted. It was said he bad acted under a political pressure placed upon him by the hon. member for Westmeath. Earl GRANVILLE said it would be inconvenient to produce any correspondence which had passed between the Lord Lieutenant and the judge who tried these persons. The Earl of DERBY thonght the motion involved nothing unreasonable, and hoped that the house would assent to it. They had a right to be satisfied that the re mission of these men's sentence had taken place on public grounds. Lord VAUX opposed, and Earl GREY supported the motion. Earl GRANVILLE believed there was no foundation for the rumour that political influence had been brought to bear in this case. He would produce not only the memorial, but any letters which had been sent to the Lord Lieutenant ; but he could not lay on the table any confidential commu nications which had been made by the judge, or any others of a private character. After some further discussion the motion was agreed. to. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway, Anglesey Central Railway, Bolton Gas, Great Eastern Railway (Highbeech Branch), Kent Coast Railway, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, North Western Railway, Portpatrick Railway, Torbay and Brigham Railway, Wallasey Embankment, Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway. THE AFFAIRS OF DENMARK. Mr, BRIGHT presented a petition from the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Affairs, praying the house to refuse its sanction to any act having reference to the affairs of Denmark based on the treaty of 1851 RIOTS IN EDINBURGH. In reply to Mr, CAIRD, The LORD ADVOCATE said that there had been much exaggeration relative to the riots that had taken place inEdinburgh,arising out of the sale and seizure of furniture under the name of a police rate under an act passed in 1860, levied to pay the stipend of the city clergy. There was no intention to make any alteration in the existing law. THE TRAFFIC AT PARK-LANE. Gen. BUCKLEY asked whether some means could not be adopted to prevent the dangerous traffic that exists at Park-lane into Piccadilly ? Mr. COWPER said that two policemen had been placed in the neighbourhood to prevent as far as they could any danger arising from the excess of traffic in Park-lane, which was all that could be done at present. Gen. BUCKLEY said he had spoken to a policeman on the spot, and he said he had no orders. • , Mr. COWPER said the only real plan was to widen Park-lane or to make a new street through Hamilton place, He (Mr. Cowper) had nothing to do with the pro- Ferty, as it did not belong to the Crown. Application ahould be made to tha Board of Works.: Gen. BtiCX LEY then addressed his question to the Secretary of the Home Department. Sir G. GREY said he was not the representative of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (A laugh, and cries of " Divide.") Mr. TITE said he had no right to speak authoritatively, but, as a member of the Board of Works, he might state that the subject was under the consideration of the board, who would do all in their power to remove the present ob struction. THE KERTCH PRIZE MONEY. Mr. J. EWART asked the Paymaster-General when the distribution of the parliamentary grant to the troops con cerned in the Kertch expedition would take place ? 31r. HUTT said he had every reason to believe that the distribution would take place shortly. THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. tORRENS asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, when the correspondence (Class A) with the British com missioners at Si erra L eone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope ) New York, a n d L oan d a, w ith the reports of British naval officers relative to the slave trade, and the correspondence (class 11 ), with British ministers in foreign countries, and foreign ministers in England on the same subject, would be laid upon the table. Mr. LAYARD said he hoped he would be able to have the documents in nuestion ready on the day after the meet. ing of Parliament. NIGHT SCHOLARS. Mr. W. E. FORSTER as k e d the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, whether any instruc tions had been issu e d b y t h e comm ittee demanding sixty attendances from ni g ht sc h o l ars, b e fore examination for capitation grant, instead of 24 attendances, the number fixed in Art. 40 of th e R ev i sed Code. Mr. BRUCE said there had been no such instructions. He explained the nature of the alterations that had been made. . THE IRON PLATE COMMITTEE. Mr. H. TRACY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it was true that the Iron Plate Committee were about to terminate their labours ; and, if so, whether the Admiralty would have any objection to lay the report of their proceedings on the table of the house. Lord C. PAGET said the committee, as soon as they had terminated their inquiry, would cease to ex i st. T here would be no objection t o la y their reports on the table, but as there would be four bulky volumes, with sketches, he W ou ld lay half a dozen copies in the library for inspection, and if it was thought necessary to print them he should Offer n o objection. ENDOWED SCHOOLS. - Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Vice-President of the Com mittee of Couneil on Education how soon the return of the number of endowed schools receiving grants would be pre sented ; and whether the Government would be prepared, on Monday after Whitsuntide, to fix the day for discussing his motion for the withdrawal of the minutes of May 19 and March 11. Mr. BRUCE was sorry he could give no definite answer on the question. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN PARKS. Mr. Wa.A.LLEY asked the Secretary of Stato for the Home Department, with reference to the instructions to the police as to public meetings in the parks, whether he con • sidered such instructions justified , the suppression of public meetings other than such as may be held on a Sunday. Sir Cr. GREY said the instructions of the police did justify them in acting as they did. It was obvious that large political meetings in the parks must interfere with the objects for which the parks were sat asile, and with the comfort and recreation of the people. THE MALT TAX: Mr. NEATE asked Mr. Morritt whether it was his in tention to bring forward his notice on the malt tax to morrow. Mr. MORRITT said ho should bring it in to-morrow. He should bring it in as early as possible, but he thought he should not bring it in after four o'clock in the morning, MR. REEVES' CASE. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the mediation with Brazil, care would be taken to secure some redress for Mr. Reever, a British subject, who has been deprived of a large sum of money in a lawsuit with a Brazilian; whether her Majesty's Government had received information from I . : a , British Consul of Rio, of the recent dismissal of seven ofthe judges of the same tribunals for corruption , not c',,nnected with Mr. Reeves' case ; and, whether any step I,,ad yet been taken to punish the Under-Secretary of thel,, az ili an mini‘ try of Justice, who wrote letters to the PAges, asking them to vote against the Englishman, Mr. :deeree, and of whose conduct complaints were made by the British Minister, by order of Earl Russell. Mr. LAYARD sr.id it Was only within the last three days that the Government were informed the Emperor of the Brazils had rsonsented to the mediation of the King of Portugal. With regard to the other questions the Govern ment had re'zeived no official information. COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL—INSPECTORS' REPORTS. The resolution adopted by the house on the 12th of April, with respect to the form in which the reports of the educational inspectors had been presented to Parliament } Laving been read by the clerk at the table, Sir G. GREY said he could not help thinking that the house had acted upon a misapprehension in coming to its vote on the 12th of April. The right hon. gentleman the late Vice• President of the Council on Education had offered explanations upon that subject which showed that he had only discharged the legitimate duties of his office, and it appeared to be the unanimous belief of the house that no reflection rested on the right hon. gentleman's per sonal honour. But it was the earnest and the very natural desire of the noble earl at the head of the Council and of the officers of his department that their conduct should undergo the most thorough investigation; and under these circumstances he (Sir G. Grey) had to move that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the practice of the Committee of Council on Education with respect to the reports of her Majesty's inspectors of schools." The right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich had given notice of an addition to that motion, which would extend the in quiries of the proposed committee to the whole constitution of the Council on Education, But if it was desirable to adopt a proposal of that description it was manifest that it would deserve to be made the subject of ;a special inquiry. The motion of which he had given notice related to a spe cific question, and he hoped that the house would not con sent to allow its consideration to be swamped and overlaid by the discussion of a very different and a much wider topic, . . Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had no wish to embarrass or impede the inquiry proposed by the right hon. baronet, and he would readily consent that if the committee should be appointed they should, in the first instance, investigate and report upon the special subject to which the motion was directed. But he believed that their labours might after wards be extended with great advantage. A feeling of dis satisfaction prevailed throughout the country with the mode in which the business of the Committee on Education was conducted. He did not himself wonder at the existence of that feeling. The Committee on Education consisted of a number of officers, among whom the controlling authority seemed to be so indefinitely distributed that no one knew who was responsible for any course of policy which that board might pursue. He should himself be glad to find the power of directing out system of national education concen trated in a special educational minister, and until a measure for that purpose should be passed he would recommend that any orders issued by that department should be laid before Parliament at the commencement of each session, so that they might undergo the earliest and the fullest con sideration that might be deemed advisable. Mr. H. A. BRUCE expressed a hope that the house would confine the inquiries of the committee to the special object which had induced the Government to move for its appointment. He deprecated the spirit of suspicion with which every act of the Committee of Council was regarded. He begged to assure them that that department was con ducted by men of honour, who were only anxious to dis charge to the best of their ability the duties they had undertaken; and the growing improvement in our national education system showed that their labours had not been unsuccessful. Lord R. CECIL said he felt it his duty to support the amendment. The Committee of Council appealed to that house for a decision on their conduct, and he believed that such a decision would be beat given after an inquiry into the general system on which the business of their office was conducted. The right hon. gentleman, the late Vice- President of the Committee on Education had exonerated himself from the charge of having unfairly tampered with the reports of the inspectors, but. there was still reason to believe that those documents had not been presented in a legitimate shape to the house, and it was clearly desirable that some further information should be obtained upon that subject, and that if any unfair practices had been adopted the blame should be brought home to their real authors. Mr. OSBORNE was much inclined to agree with the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Fakington) ; for a system which had begun with an expenditure of £30,000 in 1519, and now cost £705,000 a year, was assuredly a proper subject for in • quiry; but he did not agree that this was the time or place for proposing such an inquiry by way of a rider upon the motion of the Home Secretary. At the same time he thought that motion still more unfortunate and more ill-timed, be cause in the face of the recent explanations it was unjust to the late vice-president, and uncalled for by the house. He had hoped that the motion which had been carried by the noble lord on the 13th of April would have been rescinded ; and he thought that that was the proposal which her Ma jesty's Government would have proposed. In point of fact his right hon. friend (Mr. Lowe) had received the sort of justice which used to be practised in the border counties, where they hung a man first and then tried him at their leisure. (A. laugh.) Nothing could be more unjust or un fair than the treatment which the right hon. gentleman had received, both from the house and her Majesty's Govern ment. What had taken place ? Three or four disloyal and discontented servants of the department dropped their accusations into the " lion's mouth," in this case repre sented by the noble lord the member for Stamford, who appeared to be neither an unwilling nor an unconscious recipient of those false and calumnious charges. I Lord R. CECIL—I beg to move that the hon. member's words be taken down. Mr. OSBORNE—I repeat them—" false and calumnious charges." (Order.) Ido not say that the noble lord has not retracted them. Lord R. CECIL—I have not retracted them. Mr. OSBORN.E—Then you ought to have done. (Order.) Lord 8.. CECIL—The statements of the hon. gentleman are so strong that I may be permittel to explain. My motion was couched against the committee of council ; as against them I retract not one syllable; but as regards the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Lowe), I believe that the charge did not apply personally to him. (Hear.) Mr. OSBORNE—It is very well for the noble lord to say that now ; but I am sure the house will agree with me that the attack was made upon my right hon, friend personally, and that both the resolution and the speech of the noble lord were aimed at his character. (Order.) Mr. LONGFIELD—I rise to order. The hon e gentleman is referring to a speech in a recent debate, which is highly irregular. (Hear, hear.) Mr. OSBORNE—I am obliged to the hon. gentleman for throwing his shield over the noble lord, but the house will agree with me that the attack was upon the late Vice-Pre aident personally. These precious charges of these disloyal and discontented officials—l suppose I cannot be called to order for that—(a laugh) —were embodied in a resolution which was submitted to the house just before dinner. It was brought in at that unpropitious time when the propen sities of hyenas are most developed—(laughter, and cries of "Oh !")—at a time like the present when the noble lord wanted to setae the little account. Debate was suppressed, and amidst angry howls—(oh)—the house voted and dined. There was a majority of 109 against 93, and my right hon. friend was censured most unjustly and most unfairly. (Cheers.) But what is the course adopted by her Majesty's Government P They come down four weeks after t he thing has occurred, and say their honour is impugned ; but I think every one will agree that their honour cannot be very sensitive when it takes thorn four weeks to look into its wounds, and when they are then content to leave it to a select committee, (Hear, hear.) On the 19th of April my right hon. friend came forward and made an explanation, which in the opinion even of his opponents was satisfactory ; and I believe that if the First Minister had on that occasion risen in his place and proposed to rescind the resolution, the motion would have been carried unanimously in this house. (H e ar, hear.) I cannot give my support either to the moti ,n of the Home Secretary or to the amendment of the right hon. baronet ; but if an opportunity should occur, I will test the matter by moving that the resolution of the 12th of April be rescinded. (Hear, hear.) Mr ADDERLEY saw no reason why the Government should nct adopt the amendment. But ho should earnestly protest against the assumption that Parliament were bound to print at the public expense every pamphlet written by Ek school inspector, and that the heads of any department should not have a right to exercise control over the reports of their own officers. . . _ Sir G. GREY said he was still of opinion that the two subjects of inquiry—that proposed by the motion and that proposed by the amendment—ought to be kept wholly sepa rate and distinct. The house divided— For the amendment Against it Majority The motion Was then agreed to. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES—PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. On the motion f or go i ng into committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates, Mr AUGUSTUS SMITH, in a long speech full of de tails, complained of the increase of these estimates, pointing out the increment under each principal head of expenditure, and asking for explanations. He hoped, be said, that the house would thoroughly examine these estimates, which, in his opinion, might be largely reduced. Mr F. PEEL said the house could hardly desire that he should follow Mr Smith through all the details of a speech which he had no idea he intended to make. He confined himself therefore to a few replies to particular iterr serving his explanations upon the several vo' - : .d, re house was in committee: -es till the After some desultory conversatiT a. the House went into committee, when, after disc for the following objects ”.038i0n, votes were agreed t o _, ;--T he royal palaces, public build sure grounds. " ings, furniture for r- Lillie • o, tti and royal parks and plea- On the 'rote for the Houses of Parliament, - Mr: GREGORY called attention to the inadequate re :aeration of Mr. Herbert for the frescoes in the Peers' 'robing , room. He having changed his process and destroyed the result of a year's work at the suggestion of the late Prince Consort, the hon. member argued that the contract made with that gentleman ought to be set aside and a fresh arrangement entered into by which he would be fairly paid for the execution of what was really a very good work of art. Mr. Maclise, he thought, also had a claim to some further remuneration, although he had declined to ask for it. He had heard from Mr. Herbert that before he under took the work his income averaged £I,BOU a year, and in the case of Mr. Maclise it ranged between £2,000 and £5,000, while in one year it was as much as £B,OOO. It was true that, with the feeling of genuine artists, those gentlemen had their heart in their work, and laboured for the love of art itself ; but he did not think that that was a reason why the remuneration which they received from the State should be less than that which they could obtain from a picture dealer. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the hon. member men tioned that he had seen a letter in which Mr. Herbert was offered £l,OOO for one figure in his painting in the House of Lords, and hoped that the question would be considered by the Government. (Hear, hear.) Mr. B. COCHRANE said this was not a claim to be brought forward in forma pauperis. It was a claim of justice. Mr. Herbert had really under his contract not earned more than £350 a year, though his whole time was employed. It should be borne in mind that they were not paying for this fresco merely, hut also for a great experi ment which has been quite successful. Mr. BRIGHT said he did not pretend to know anything about art, but when he beheld Mr. Herbert's painting he felt that he had not known till then that there was a painter in this country who could produce such a work. (Hear.) He was not in favour of the costly decoration of the Houses of Parliament ; but still, it their walls were to be decorated at all, let them be decorated in the best man ner, and in the manner which would be most lasting. (Hear, hear.) This picture was executed in a manner which bade fair to give it whatever might be understood by eternity in describing the duration of any work of art; and should not they behave honourably and generously and justly to the man who had executed a work which would to all future times attract hundreds of thousands of persons to that helm ? (Hear, hear.) He considered it would not be an extravagant, but a moderate and just consideration for Mr Herbert's claims, if he were to receive a sum of not less than £5,000 for the picture. (Cheers.) After a few observations from Mr C. Bruce, Sir M. Peto, and Mr F. S. Powell, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the atmosphere of a deliberate assembly of this kind was not perhaps the most fitting for the practical decision of a ques tion like the present. He did not grudge one word that had been said about Mr Herbert, but he wished all previous artists had received treatment as generous as that which Mr Herbert had received from that house. The duty of decorating the Houses of Parliament was referred to a com mission, by which it had been performed in a manner more satisfactory than it would have been if it had been trusted to the ordinary machinery of Government. What the Government proposed to do was this—there was a sum of £1,500 which was to be paid to Mr Herbert in addition to the sum of #2,000 already paid. The £1,500 would be paid as an instalment on account, but would have no refe rence to this particular picture, nor to any picture which he was about to paint. What the Government proposed to do, was to appoint a small commission of persons carefully selected, who would go into the whole question with refe rence to the contracts for what had been done, and what was to,,be done, and advise the Government impartially, not upon one item, but upon the course to be pursued with regard to the whole, so that the merits of those artiste might be considered together, and each of them receive an impartial reward. Lord ELCHO observed that the hon. member for Gal way had done justice both to Mr Herbert and to the House of Commons by bringing this question before the com mittee. He thought the question was a much larger one than that embraced in the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir G. BO WYER urged the peculiar claims of Mr Herbert to consideration, as he had succeeded in producing something truly great. Mr C. BENTINCK said that he had the authority of Mr Herbert for saying, that unless the sum paid to him was made up to £5,000 he would never put a brush to the wall again. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was convinced that the hon, member was under some mistake in asserting that he had Mr Herbert's authority for saying that unless ho received a sum of money over the price for which he contracted he would never again put his brush on the wail. (Hear, hear.) Mr HE YGATE called attention to the defective venti lation of the ladies' gallery in the House of Commons. There was no possibility of obtaining air except by opening a doer, which created a draught by which the ladies were almost blown to pieces. Mr COWPER promised that everything that could Le done should be done to improve the ventilation of the ladies' gallery. Mr GREGORY said that he quite assented to the pro position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. RAILWAY COMPANIES' POWERS BILL. This bill was read a second time, RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES BILL. This bill was read a second time. NAVAL PRIZE BILL. This bill was read a gird time and passed. BREECII-LOADING RIFLES. In reply to Co:ionel DUNNE, The Mar lais of HARTINGTON objected to the pro- duction of the repot is of the ordnance select committee on StorrA's rifle, and other breech-loading rifles, on the ground ttat they were of a confidential character. BEER-HOUSES (IRELAND). Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to introduce a bill for more effectually regulating the sale of beer in Ireland. VACATING OF SEATS (HOUSE OF COMMONS.) Sir G. GREY obtained leave to introduce a bill founded upon the report of the select committee which had recently sat to consider the office of Under •Secretary of State, and to prevent more than four Under-Secretaries from cccupy. , ing seats in that house. The bill was subsequently introduced, and read a first time. The house adjourned at one o'clock. A QUESTION AS TO THE SUN.--The very natu ral question often arises, How is such au immense conflagration sustained ? And, considering the enormous emanation of light and heat, does not the sun undergo some important diminution in volume ? Observation can not aid us in the solution of this:mystery ; for if the sun were gradually consuming away at the rapid rate of two feet of surface matter in every day, it would be 3,000 years before the diameter of the sun would be decreased by a measurable quantity. It has indeed been suggested that the light may be generated by friction, or excited by elec trical discharges, rather than by the combustion of material fuel; but, with the present state of our knowledge, this can only be regarded as conjecture.—Once a Week. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. DROGHEDA, IRELAND, MAY 9.—During % heavy gale of wind this morning the schooner Maria, bound from Cardiff to Letterkenny with coals, carried away all her head sails and went ashore on the North Bull, Drogheda Bar. The lifeboat of the Na • tional Institution stationed at this port was at once launched to her assistance, There was a very heavy sea on the bar, but the lifeboat was fortunately the means of rescuing the shipwrecked crew of three men, who were afterwards brought safely ashore. The vessel has since become a total wreck. This valuable lifeboat has been instrumental during the past two years in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels—Brig Minerva of Workington, 4 ; schooner Mary Anne, 5; a 2hooner Gipsy of Drogheda, 4; and schooner Maria, 3. Total lives saved 16. Persons who have been in the habit of paying wee': - ;„ as borrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to an , - 1, y at once ' t and become members of Messrs. Watts an. '-'‘,, Co.'s Sewing Machineoney T ',. not only save the but at the same tim e secure to themselves the poise , foolishly t o h i nr throw w they a w . : y, Aion of one of the best and money now Clubs. By B y most celebrated sewing ' a ...chines in the werld. Every in -.: Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort formation given on _app' a * to ca.tion ; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope buildings, Strad, W daily ' London, .C., where metn rs are en rolledeetween 10 and 4 ; Saturdays, 10 anC.t [ADV E RTisEmENT.]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious, live:, and stomach complaints, in every stage, arc only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta abandonedPulmonaryemaciated ikrabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been censidered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. t oa consumption,l al skeleton.hop eiof h withs er h recoveryeli sfearfulnow tllo. from oanon‘ks , t ri h G e d l a , o s aw t p expectoration.s er a f g e e t of l ; Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical : n en had exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirlalo ' it sit Cheeks Police. Cure, No. 46,:,70 Y Surrey, of thirty years' g ;l r r ,--- James Roberts, of Friniley healthy, bloomine,, flesh • diseased . lungs, spittin , .; of blood, liver , of extreme nervousness, partial deafness, —Cure, N, Lange, Commissaire de derangement, and —Cure, No. 47,121, Miss orvousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervo us Cam= bel u l h ti e on ß a ev o . d .Ja to m rp es id l it ' y . of the liver, Norfolk, No. akhenham, Norfolk, Elizabeth Jacobs all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s ' 9d vi • i 2 e l h b o s l ,B ln l6 d . ig l es ‘ had resisted I 1 s ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 403. Barry du Barry and , C 4 o s 6d; 51b, Regent -street, Lond on ; a l so Fortnum and Mason; ' No, 77, grocers and chPraists i n every town of the !Jai and all ted llinc,rdo 1 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1864. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. VALETTA, May frigate Mae 7- ' rived eler Majesty's paddlewheel - ,_,,,ante, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, ar aere from Tunis on the oth last., bi-inging news from that place of the sth, ahil the latest ac counts from Nteßia, Makes, and Sun, towns on the coact. The following foreign men-of-war were at Tunis on the sth. French.-e-The Algesiras, 90, screw liner (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral D'Herbingham ; the Redoubtable, 80, screw liner; the Alexandre, 100, screw liner (this ship had just returned from a visit to ports on the coast) ; and the Meteor, paddle sloop ; the Cator, 4, screw sloop, was also cruising on the coast. Italian.- The Maria Adelaide, 51, screw frigate (bearing the flag of Aanairal Albini); the Due de Genova, 34, screw frigate ; the Magenta, 20, screw frigate ; the Etna, 11, screw corvette; and the Sirene, 1, paddle sloop ; the Garibaldi had gone to Susa. A Turkish corvette had also arrived. Two other Turkish vessels, the Feizi Bahri, 22, and the Peiki Cherif, 10, arrived at Malta yesterday, the former from Constantinople and Gallipoli, and the latter from Gallipoli and Athens, on their way to Tunis, on a special mission from the Sultan, in charge of his a r The Effendi, who is accompanied by three Excellenc y sec influence of the French is known to be very great in Tunis, and report says they have threatened to appoint Frenchmen to ad minister public affairs. The Briti s h Consul-General is no doubt very anxious to have the moral sup port afforded by the presence of a large naval force, and it is considered here not unlikely that the naval commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean may receive instructions to proceed to Tunis with the rest of his squadron. The Meanee, 60, Cap tain G. Wodehoase, was at Tunis, and the Pelican, 17, Commander H. T. Comber, was on a cruise visiting the towns 02 the coast. The Firefly, 5, Lieutenant-Commander G. R. Wilkinson, left Malta for Susa 02 the sth instant, and the Royal Oak, 25, ironclad, Captain F. A. Campbell, left yesterday, to assum e the senior command. The Magicienne is completing coals and provisions, and will leave on return to Tunis as soon as ready. It is said that on no accoett will any force be landed from our ships, except in the case of the Consulate or British subjects beitg in actual danger or of a written requisition frog the Bey. There is no news from Corfu. The Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Ran dolph, the Trident, 3, Commander P. J. Balfour, and the steam tender Growler, were there on the 2d inst. The Trident has this day arrived here. The Wan derer, 4, Commander M. P. Seymour, is at Patras. The Cossack, 20, Capt.V. R. Rolland, is expected here to-morrow from Zeite and Corfu, and will be relieved by the Liffey,3s, Capt. G. Parker, which will leave this on Wednesday. The Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yeleerton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. A. Foley ; the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C, Prevost, and the Surprise, 4, Com mander W. H. Whyte, ti) at the Pirw as of Athens. The transports for the removal of the troops from the lonian Islands are expected there about the beginning of June. Tte Himalaya was to leave England on the 14th inst. for Malta and Corfu. The Tamar was daily expected at Gibraltar from the coast of Africa ; also en route for Malta and Corfu. The Orontes will proceed direct from England and Gibraltar without touching at Malta. The screw storeship Supply, 2, Master Commander Bowden, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d inst., and has just reached Malta. The Racoon, 22, Capt. Count Gleiehee, was to leave the same day to embark Prince Alfred at Marseilles, and return with him to Spithead, The Procris, screw gunboat, Lieut. the Hon, J. Vivian, was at Gibraltar. The Caradoc, 2, paddle despatch boat, Lieut. Commander E. Wilkin left the Pirwas on the 2d inst. for Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople. She has on board the Bishop of Gibraltar. At Syra his lordship will consecrate a church which has recently been built there, and at Smyrna and Constantinople he will hold Confirma tions. The Weser, 6, Cotnmenier Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-Commander Gillson, have been ordered to Tenedos, where they will be met by the Gibraltar lineeof-battle ship, in order that a Court-martial may be held on Assist.-Engineer First-class John Frazer, of the Cockatrice. Nothing has been heard for some time of the Phcebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, and the Chanticleer, 17, Commander Risk; but by the last accounts they were on the Coast of Syria, all well. The Marl borough, 121, (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H.), Capt. C. Feilowes, wilt go out to morrow for a cruise and target practice. The Fox hound, 4, Commander W. Anderson, will be ad mitted into the dry dock on Monday to have her bottom cleaned. The Resistance, 16, ironclad, Capt. IV. C. Chamberlain, and the Psyche, 2, despatch vase], Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne, are in port ready for sea. Lieut.-Col. Gubbins, who has been appointed Assist.-AdjteGen. in this garrison, in lieu of Col. Willis, arrived here last week, and assumed the duties of his office. Col. Willis has left for England.' The Icarus, 11-gun screw sloop, Commander Salmon, arrived yesterday at Spithead, from Malta the 19th ult., and Gibraltar the 28th. She sailed again for the eastward to pay out of commission. The Hector, iron frigate, also arrived yesterday at Spithead from the Downs. The Royal Sovereign turret-ship has been placed in the Warrior dock at P or t smou th, where she will probably remain for about three weeks, unless her services should be urgently required in the north. Yesterday Itear-Admiral George Elliot, accompanied by Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. ; Mr. Andrew Murray, C.E., chief engineer of the dockyard; Mr. Crado c k, master ship wright, and other officials, went on board the ship to examine the two after-boilers and their broken connecting pipes and the main steampipe in the endeavour to ascertain the exact cause of the accident to the connecting pipes during the preliminary trial of the ship on Tuesday last, as re ported in The Sun of the following day. No posi tive decision was arrived at, but Admiral Elliot , Capt. OL.born, and Mr. 3turray expressed t heir opinions that the accident arose from causes con nected with the boilers alone, and totally irrespec tive of the ships's weakness or strength, and the opinion was also expressed that the ship had not altered the least in her form, nor had the boilers in their position. As, however, no cause was assigned for the breaking of the communications between the boilers and the steam pipe, the opinions given on Wednesday, although doubtless entitled to great weight from the position and professional know ledge of the gen tl emen name d, is only at present on a par with th e op i n i on expr essed in The Sun of Wednesday, th at the acc id en t was owing to th e alteration of th e f orm of t h e by the conc en t rat i on of the gun, 113 t ons, i n a space o f 8 s hip's bottom caus e d ship's bottonmo,ibit a great would have w eight of the turret and feet. Lying in do c k or at an c h or i n still water underneath the turret, and q u ite ac th i s concentrated w e i g h t a nent brought to b ear wnw:ird vib ra t or y mov the full Pone of to account fo r th e uthrewioriuetshnefftieicetb I 3 C 0 0 ht a ti op driven ah ea d b y a b ottom Ojnuvsetrted wooden ti° ".'lmn that part o f the shgi cent p in ,s es there must be dislocation of the connectin g pipes between the boiler and steam pipe w hen mechanical appliances are not provided to meet the strain. The damage to the pipes themselves can be repaired at little cost, and if the form of the ship has not been disturbed, there will be no occasion to interfere with the tur ret or boilers any further than restoring the coma munications of the latter with the steam pipe in a better form than before. The affair, however, must be thoroughly investigated, and the ateident ac counted for, not, as we have already intimated, from the actual amount of damage done, but from the importance which is attached to the danger of more serious results following upon any similar ac cident at any future time. In former tlotides of the Royal Sovereign attention was called to the fact that a wide band of small vitreous plates—i.e., thin iron plates colted on their exterior surface with fus3d glass had Lem applied round the ship at the water-line, with the intention of cutting off any connection between the Mutate metal of the ship's bottom and the armour-plating on her top sides, and thus preventing any repetition of such catas trophes as recently occ tarred to one of her Majesty's ships at Davenport. This band of plating was sur veyed yesterday a n d An extraordinary emourt of galv— • .ale action action was found to have been at work. This result could not be well surprising to any one, for on and through the lower row of vitreous plates is nailed the upper edge of the metal sheathing, and both being sbtilerged below the water line, a galvanicbattery has been formed round the ship, and, as a matter of course, has produced the usual results. An official present pointed out that the action which had been at work upon the vitreous plates was not galvanic, but electric, but he omitted to state the difference between the two definitions as relating to the platea under survey. These plates are made under a patented process, but it would be unfair to condemn the principle because the hull of the Royal Sovereign at the water line has been accidentally converted inP,o a galvanic bat tery. Her Majesty's paddle-yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Prince Leiningen, K.C.8., was taken out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and tested her engines and her new boilers. She is expected to proceed to Antwerp to bring over to England the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse on a visit to her Majesty. The screw steamship Bombay, 67, Capt. Colin A. Campbell, flag of Admiral the Hon. Geo. grey, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday evening for her station in South America, It has been annnounced at Chatham that the ironcased frigate Enterprise, 4, 160 horse power, is to be despatched, as soon as she can be got ready for that service, to join the Channel squadron in the German Ocean, and orders have been issued for the officers and men belonging to that vessel, and now absent on leave, to join her forthwith. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Robert G. Webber, paymaster, to the Dauntless; Beaver Van Homrigh, master's assist., to the Duncan ; E. J. T. Behenna and C. F. Barnard, master's assist., to the Wolverene; Lient. Sir Lambton Loraine to be flag lieut. to Rear Ad miral Hon. Josh. Denman ; W. E. L. Veale, pay master, to be secretary to Rear Admiral J. Den man; Thos. F. Hall, chief engineer, to the Wol verene; G. L. D. P. Keeling, engineer, to the Wol verene; John Smethers, first class assist. engineer, to the Wolverene; Edward Holmes and Nicholas IL Rowe, acting second class assist. engineers, to the Cumberland ; Richard Irwin, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Wolverene ; and Lient. D. T. J. Macnamara to her Majesty's ship As. surance, fitting out at Devonport. The Rhine Bridge at Coblenz, COBLENZ, May 10. There have been grand doings here this last week on the occasion of the opening the new bridge across the Rhine, connecting the Cologne and Mayence with the Nassau State line. The bridge itself is a light and elegant structure of three iron arches resting on stone piers, highly creditable to the taste of the joint designers, Geheim-Rath Hartwig and Bau-Rath Schwarz. In England, where the open. ing of a railway bridge is of such common occur rence that the very mention of it is probably con fined to the columns of a local paper, it is difficult to understand how such an event can be made the occasion of a fete of such magnitude, to be graced by such august presence ;—but they do things differently in Prussia. The Queen arrived a week ago. Coblenz is her favourite residence, and is deeply indebted to her for varied acts of considerate munificence. The beautiful gardens, extending more than a mile along the banks of the Rhine, and with which no other Rhenish town can com pete, originated in her liberality and taste. The king arrived on Sunday night. Coblenz was illu minated in honour of the august arrival. To say it was a spontaneous ebullition of loyalty would be simply ridiculous. The good citizens were " in• vited" by circular to light up their houses, and everybody knows what an " invitation" means nu der a despotism. Many houses, however, owners of which had nothing to dread from official frowns, were conspicuous by their darkness. Of course, in a town where every other inhabitant is a functionary of some kind or other, and where the illuminating power is a small tin saucer of fat with a wick stuck into it, such a demonstration is to be got up at any time at a few hours notice, especially where the Burgomaster is subservient to the powers that be. On Monday the day's proceed ings were, of course, inaugurated by a grand parade, in which every available soldier in the garrison took part. The rain which had fallen all night subsided at the right moment, and the whole affair was very effective. The Queen was present in an open carriage with her daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden, the consort of the most liberal and therefore the most popular of the smaller German sovereigns. After the parade the event of the day was ac ccomplished in the usual way by the King and Queen in person, accompanied by the Duke of Nassau, who, as the proprietor of one of the lines now united, had a kind of vested interest in the proceedings, but between whom and his powerful neighbours there seemed to be no sort of cordiality whatsoever. After the ceremony there was a banquet. A very unsightly pavilion had been erected on three enor mous barges moored together on the river immedi ately contiguous to the blidge, 600 guests were invited, who did justice to the fare as only Germans can. The landlord of the Giant Hotel was the pur veyor on the occasion, so nothing more new be said in praise of the repast. Uniforms largely predomi nated, but not all military. To the inquiry, "Who is that General with cocked hat and epaulettes ? " the answer was, "He is an assessor." "That Field Marshal ? "He is a Regierungsrath." " That stout functionary resplendent in green and gold ?" "He is Ober-Forstmeister," " And he, above all, i❑ enormous cocked hats trimmed with feathers and gold ; with rows of decorations on his breast, with a coat bedizened with lace that it must be irksome to carry ?" " He, good honest man, is 0 ber-Prasi dent of the Rhine province, who though dressed like a generalissimo, is a civilian and a man of peace." At 4 o'clock there was a dinner at the Palace to the creme de la creme ; at 7 a reception to those not creme de la creme ; and in order that the reception might be as comprehensive as possible, the invita tions were issued by the Ober-Prasident. At 9 there was a display of fireworks, better than which may be seen nightly at Cremorne, but Cremorne lacks the background of Ehrenbreitstein, which was lit up for the occasion with blue and red fire, while a fiery shower fell from the entire length of the new bridge. _ _ _ Amid the general profusion the town, either nig gardly or forgetful, omitted to make the bridge of boats, from which the spectacle was witnessed by a great crowd, free to the public, the consequence of which was some severe injuries in the crush inevi table at the toll-gates. This morning the King leaves for Berlin ; the crowded hotels will soon dis gorge themselves, and Coblenz will be left to its garrison and the English tourists, who generally make their appearance with the cuckoo. PRESENTATION TO A CAPTAIN.—At the Sailors' Home, Liverpool, yesterday, the chairman of the Local Marine Board presented, on behalf the Portuguese Govern ment, an elegant tray of solid silver, bearing a suitable engraved inscription, to Capt. F. Williams, of the screw steamer Charente, for services rendered about IS months ago in towing a disabled Portuguese man-of-war to a place of safety, and reporting the same at Lisbon. THE HOP CROP IN SUSSEX. —Throughout the various hop-growing districts in Sussex the mild rains that have fallen during the past week, followed as they have been by genial sunshine, have had a very beneficial influence upon the hop plantations. In a few places the flea had made its appearance, but the rain has served to clear the plant in those places where it had been attacked. The bine shoots out vigorously, and has a very healthy look. The work of tyin g is now being actively pushed forward, and it may be said that everywhere the hop-gardens have a most promis ing appearancd. LAUvr,wr,si,tExTl—Holloway's Ointment.—sound n ess ren ewed. —Any indolent ulcer or chronic Bore should im mediately have this excellent unguent applied to it in the manner pointed out in its accompanying directions. For thoroughly cleansing a diseased or broken skin, and for rousing its poisoned vessels or depressed nerves to healthy ' action, nothing can surpass Holloway's • well-known Ointment. It strikingly shows its power when applied to the " old man's ulcer" which settles on the leg and often becomes most intractable under the ordinary treatment, t h ou gh no case has yet withstood this cooling and healing salve. The troublesome swellings preparatory to . . most ulcerations of the legs are likewise reduced by the diligent a pplications of Holloway's unguent, by gi . vin strength to the weakened circulation through the capillaries. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—That a gentleman holding the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer with extraordinary distinction, having sat for 30 years in the House of Commons, and having held 1,(. 1 years ape the seals of the Colonial-office, should yet make such a speech as was delivered by Mr. Gladstone on Wednesday last, is a thing so strange and so startling that we can scarcely yet realise the full importance of the event. Had Mr. Gladstone been followed by a keener logician than Mr. Whiteside he might have received very serious damage in the course of the debate. Mr. Whiteside has the real Celtic vigour of onslaught, but also the Celtic want of persis tence and perseverance. He flies from subject to subject, and loses in force what he gains in brilli ancy. But Mr. Gladstone suffices alone and un aided to prove how great is the mistake he has made. The step, however, hasty as it may have seemed, had been long premeditated, for Mr. Gladstone had announced some time ago to a deputation of work ing men his intention to say a word on the ill-treat ment they have received. They have every reason to be content with him. He has gone beyond their utmost expectations, and argued their case on prin ciples which leave them nothing to desire. His freedom does not " widen slowly down from prece dent to precedent," but possesses herself at once of adormula which leaves the one side nothing more to fear, and the other side nothing more to desire. He has found the simplest solution possible for a very difficult question. Men have perplexed themselves very unnecessarily about the francise. One school has ransacked ancient and modern history, has pried into every constitution and investigated the history of every popular Government, to find out the rules whioh led to the prosperity of States. Another has dived into the deep recesses of human thought, and sought to evolve from our most abstract con ceptions, by a process of unerring logic, the doctrine of the Rights of Man and the principles of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Mr Gladstone has a short way of dealing with all these things. In the hands of this consummate rhetorician the rights and destinies of the human race for all time to come re solve themselves into a question of the burden of proof. Here is a man who claims the franchise. His appearance is not brilliant; although his ex terior is not prepossessing. Ordinary prudence would seem to say, " Before we admit such a person to a share of what is really the supreme power in this country, had we not better institute a little in quiry ? Had we not better try to ascertain what use he will make of the power which he seeks ?" "Not so," says Mr. Gladstone, "for this wound be to put the burden of proof on the wrong side. Old-fashioned politicians used to think that, before you altered a system admitted to act well and to inspire confidence, the burden of proof was thrown upon you to show that such alteration was needed and that the plan proposed would do some good; but now, unless you can convict the suspicious looking person we have mentioned of some crime, or prove that political danger will arise from his ad mission, the burden of proof is thrown on those who want to keep him out, not on those who want to let him in. He is morally entitled to come within the pale of the constitution if he has signed an ads dress speaking civilly of those above him. Persons entertaining such sentiments are fit to discharge the duties of citizenship, and he is entitled to ad mission to the discharge of those duties. Under the wand of our enchanter the whole aspect of society in this country is changed. We had dreamt of an England made up of a society rising by distinct and well-marked gradations from its base to its summit, each part discharging its destined functions without envy and without discontent, with absolute personal freedom, under an equal law, divided between thinkers and workers, between the owners and producers of wealth, with all that inequality be tween man and man which is the necessary result of unrestricte I freedom. At a tap of Mr Gladstone's wand we awake to a very different eeene. We have got Equality instead of Liberty. Mr Gladstone opens our eyes, and we see that we are naked. The great mass of mankind are deprived of their right—the right of governing their country,whether they are fit to govern it or not. If they are not dis contented they ought to be, for the burden of proof is on those who would exclude them from the fran chise, and against them no proof can possibly be ten dered. What a glorious discovery, that a whole nation is kept in slavery without knowing it, and that people who imagine themselves to be very well treated by those under whose governnrent they live are really suffering daily the most cruel depriva tion ! It is their nature, Mr. Gladstone says —and the whole history of strikes illustrates the truth of the remark—to follow their superiors, to confide in them, and to Mink well of their conduct, instead of being disposed to go together as a class. Mr. Gladstone does his best to cure the working classes of these amiable weaknesses, by pointing cut to them that the franchise is not a thing to earn as a distinction, but to claim as a right; that, instead of raising themselves to it, the duty of the Govern ment is to bring it down to them ; that the true point of departure is universal suffrage ; and that proof is to be required before any objection can be allowed to this just, expedient, and all-pervading rule. Mr. Forster, a fervid disciple of this new dis pensation, seems to have some glimpse that what has happened must cause a redistribution of parties. Mr. Gladstone's speech, he says, may be injurious to the Government, but it will be of great advan tage to the Liberal party, and, by way of illustrat ing his meaning, he rather arrogantly suggests that Mr. Marsh, who seconded Mr. Cave's motion, should cross the house and join the ranks of the Conservatives. He rejoices to have got, instead of the cautious and moderate management of Lord Palmerston, a really Liberal leader, whose heart is in the business, who takes his stand on the Rights of Man, an d shrinks from no conclusion to which the doctrines of Equality may conduct him. This is the first syni p e `oin of that redistribution of parties which must sooner r later follow upon Mr. Glade s t o ne's outspoken adhes; on to the doctrines of the a' most extreme Democracy. Mr. Forster has every right to speak for the Radicate't but we know not whence he obtained the right to et.:astitute himself the representative of the historical l aberal party of this country. If he supposes that pa:ty to be a convert to the principles Mr. Gladstone has an nounced, he will find himself grievously misoken. There are, we believe, a mei ority of the supporters of the present Government who take the very broadest distinction between Liberality and Democracy, and who oppose themselves to these levelling doctrines, principally because they fear that under an Assem bly elected by anything approaching to universal suffrage consistent, liberal, and enlightened govern ment would be impossible. We venture to predict that the great mass of the Liberal party will resist this attempt to drag them into an ultra-Democrati cal movement ; that, highly as they prize the great public services and the commanding eloquence of Mr Gladstone, they will seek for leaders who will, at any rate, be content to walk in the path! of the Constitution, and to abstain from administering those dangerous aliments to popular turbulence and vanity which have often raised the men who applied them to power, but have invariably consigned the nations which swallowed them to ruin. POST.—The meeting held on Wednesday, at Bur lington House, to take into consideration the posi tion and prospects of the London University, resulted in a statement which, upon the whole, mutt be regarded as highly satisfactory. Poorly endowed, having no prestige of age, relyieg almost entirely upon fees derived from its graduates, the University of London has managed to hold its oa - n very hon ourably, without descending to any of these mean nesses by which certain universities of long stand ing have sought to replenish their exchequer, to the disparagement of their own fair fame. There has been, at the metropolitan university, no truck ling to incapacity ; no meretricious vending of diplomas to unworthy candidates. In every de partment the London degrees rank:deservedly high ; and not amongst the least of its merits is that of establishing a baccalaureate and doctorate of science, by the acquisition of which candidates for university honours, apart from arts and the so-called learned professions, may gratify their laudable desire legitimately and honourably ; all pretext being removed for the acquisition of these spurious German doctorates of philosophy, which, if granted to non-residents, cseinot be otherwise regarded than as disgraceful to university and gra duate alike. It is a somewhat remarkable, and at the same time very gratifying fact , t hat, accordin g to the statement of Earl Granville, the Chancellor —although the curriculnm of study has imposed new studies from time to time, and enhanced the difficulty of examination in subjects previously esta blished—the number of candidates has gone on in creasing. The first effect of any accession of diffi culty, Earl Granville said, was to lessen the number of candidates for a short season; but presently a reaction was found to set in, and the number very much increased. In 1857 the total nnmber of can didates for all examinations was four hundred and thirty-nine. In 1863 they were one thousand and twenty; or two and one-third times as many. Of course, as the noble Chancellor remarked, this in creaseis partly attributable to the increased num ber of examinations; but, as he also pertinently observed, the progress of the University of London is specially marked by the increase of matricula tions, and the larger proportions who proceed to degrees in the respective faculties. This will be made evident from the following considerations. In 1857 the candidates for matriculation were two hundred and sixty-six; in 1863 their number had risen to four hundred and eighty-five, or almost double the number. Then, again, the number who went on to the B.A. examination were, lu 1857, seventy-five; in 1863 they were one hundred and fifty-three or more than double. Au equally eatis factory increase made itself apparent 1, 1 ever y faculty and every degree. Nor, as the noble chair man (the Chancellor) further remarked, were a here wanting other gratifying circumstances to be . re ; garded as touching the status of the University 0. London. Thus, for example, there is this veer year a Cambridge senior wrangler who is member of the metropolitan university, this being the sixth. time that honour has been conferred; moreover, not only fl senior wrangler, but a second and third, both graduates of the London University. Consideration of these most gratifying state ments will, we feel assured, beget a sympathetic - . public feeling relative to the unsatisfactory pars of: Earl Granville's report. The London Univer sity, high in honour, may be compared to a soul . without a body, having hardly a local habitation or a home. In this respect its condition is much to be pitied, and is hardly creditable to a nation so wealthy as England, and so addicted to the practical in every occupation and relation of life. The very existence of a metropolitan university distinct from University College in Gower-street, which during many years arrogated to itself the name, remains , unknown to the majority not to say of Englishmen but of Londoners. This, assuredly, is an unadvis able state of things, and should be remedied. Well might the noble chairman say that in his opinion it is a reflection on the administrative powers of the country that such is the position of the University after it has been now for more than a quarter of a century established, created as it were by the Crown„ at the express desire of the Legislature, having strenuously maintained the principles upon which_ it began its career, and exercised a profound influ ence upon the whole education of the country. It appears that with respect to providing a site—s home for the University—the Council some time ago , put themselves in communication with the Chief Commissioner of Public Works, whose response was encouraging. It appears, moreover, that the archi tect of that department is now in communication with the registrar, so that before many sessions have gone by it may reasonably be hoped that the University of London will not be under the neces sity of seeking lodgings for itself as heretofore. In reference to this scheme, Earl Granville stated something about architectural pretensions, which is rather calculated to beget the fear lest some mem bers of the University may have been making too much in their own minds of mere ornamental acces sories. We hope not. These things are always de sirable under the condition that they are within one's means. What the University of London wants is a building plain, commodious, expansive, like itself ; so constructed that it may be capable of adorr.ment at some future time. COUNTRY MARKETS, BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. There was a limited supply of English wheat to-day, and to effect sales a reduction of 6d to 18 had to be sub mitted to. Barley nominally unaltered. Oats, beans, and. peas wero at our quotations, but very little business doing. —English wheat was sold at 90s to 448 for white, and 36s t0'428 per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 30s to 383 per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 22s to 30s per 30 stone ; Irish, 18s to 245. Beans, 34s to 40s per qr. Peas, 32s to 42s per 36 stone. BURTON. ON-TR Old white wheat..42s to 45s New do. ..41s to 45s Malting barley...32s to 36s Grinding d0.....27s to 30s NT---THURSDAY. Old red wheat, to 43s New do. ..36s to 408 Oats l9s to 288 Beans 368 to 42j MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. A very limited attendance at our market to-day, anti English wheat met with a limited sale, at prices somewhat about previous quotations. Flour also met with a slow demand. Oats and oatmeal inactive, at .1-,te prices. Both English and Egyptian beans ruled firm. Indian torn ra ther lower. BRISTOL—TitunsDAY. English wheat in good supply this morning, and sold slowly at the currency of this day week. Foreign heavy, and prices for the most part nominal. In barleys again more doing at fully late prices. In oats no alteration in value, with a slow business. Peas is per quarter ad vauee. Beans and maize ideßi EDINBURGH GRAIN-MAY 11. To-day there was a fair supply of grain, which Bold at is per qr under last week's prices. Wheat on the top Os 6d up ..average Os 9d down. Barley on the top 3s Od down average Os 2d down. Oats on the top Os 6d up . average Os 4d down. Beans on the top 2s Gd up Average Prices. Wheat. ; 37s 5d Oats. I Barley 3os Od Beaus Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1314 qrs Sold 1081 qrs 8ar1ey........ 653 qrs Sold 248 qrs Oats Beans lO7 qrs Sold 107 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 388 Od ; extras, 363 Od ; superfine, 34s Od ; fine, 32s Od. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles ... May 13. kirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. June 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. Ilelena.,illay 12 9. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles May,l3. _ Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 12. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 13, India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles May 21. Portugal l‘lalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 12. via Marseilles May 13 Newfoundland .. May 25. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 19. ... _ . . 'by U.S. packet by Canadian packet May 13. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle .. June 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I May 14. California. and British Columbia. THE BUILDING TRADES OF BIRMINGHAM,-1118 strike has not yet terminated. On Wednesday evening the committee of the Master Builders' Association received deputations from the operatives in each branch. At the commencement of the business the masters inti wated their readiness to comply with one demand made by the men, as to their leaving off work at 4 o'clock on Satur day. The carpenters were offered 26s Gd per week, their demand being 275. The delegates, atter consulting with their fellow workmen,announced that this offer was not ac cepted, and an intimation was given that as the masters had conceded so much they might as well give the other 6d. The masons desired to commence work at 7 in the morning instead of 6, but the masters were unwilling to give up the principle of all the trades beginning work at the same hour --they therefore offered the deputation 6d. extra for the first hour of the day, from 6 to 7, with the option of beginning at either hour. This offer was declined. The bricklayers were offered 28s. per week during the eight summer months (they asked for 305.), and their present rate, 275. per week, during the four winter months. This offer was also refused, as was also one made to the plasterers of 265. 6d. a week. The labourers were offered 18s. per week, which was ac cepted. With regard to overtime the offer was, from half past 5 to 8, as the usual rate of wages; after that hour time and a half. These terms were refused. The carpenters have instructed their delegates to refuse any offer that does not include the full demand. A PRETTY PLAIN HINT.—An Irish baronet has hit upon a clever idea for the prevention of agrarian out rage. His bailiff was threatened, whereupon ho informed the tenantry that, in the event of the bailiff being killed he should raise their rents by the amount of a life annuity to his widow. This is nearly as good as the device of an other landlord, who, threatened with death for claiming some rent, called his tenants together and read out his will s leaving his entire property to a Scotchman. He under stood his countrymen, and is alive yet. Births. BROKE. —On the 11th inst., at 4, Chesterfield. street, May' fair, the wife of Horace Broke, Esq., of a son, HEMMING. —On the 11th inst., the wife of Richard Hon' ming, Esq,, Bentley Manor, Worcestershire, of a dangl' ter. HILLS.—On the 11th inst., at The Bank, Cranbrook, do wife of Edwin Hills, Esq., of a son. Marriages. JONAS—WEBB —On the 11th inst., at Babraham, Johtl; Carter, eldest sou of Mr. Samuel Jonas, of Chrishal i Grange, to Louisa, youngest daughter of the late DR' Jonas Webb, of Babraham. WOODWARD—HAYES.— On the 10th inst., at Halesoweno George Gower 'Woodward, Esq., of the Manor House, l'uxton, near Kidderminster, to Matilda Louisa, aides!, surviving, daughtsr of the late George Hayes, Esq., ° I Halcsowen. Deaths. Cocx.—On the 11th inst., at 18, Rodney-street, N., John Edward Cock. Esq , aged 48. EMANUEL.—At 21, Inverness-road, Dr. Leonard Emanuel' aged 29. FYLER.—On the 10th inst. ' at Kingston-grove, Oxfor d ' shire, the Rev. Frederi c k Fyler. PETERS.—On the 10th inst., at Fehningham, Norfolict Edwin Peters, aged 70. ST. Losxv.—On the 11th inst., at 47, Clifton-garde ns, Maida-vale, Samuel St. Loskey, Esq., aged 45 WHATELY.—On the 10th inst., at Brook Lodge, Sunning' hill, the Rev. Thomas Whately, rector of Chetviya" Shropshire, aged 91. WoolmtAss.—On the Bth inst., at Croydon, Augus tUS Woodmasa, Esq., aged 63. London : Primed and Prbllfhed Dy WILLIAM ANDIar;IS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at uE SUN Office Igo. ti ' ' ' Strand, ~ 11 the Precinct of the ¶avoy, n the Cowl °' Middleoex,—Friday, May 13,1304,